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Thursday 12th June 2008

Chartwell Sets A Record Calgary-based Chartwell Technology Incorporated has revealed that revenues for its second quarter hit an all-time company high alongside rises in both cash flow and net income. The Canadian...

Thursday 12th June 2008

NetPlay Signs Partnership With Turner Media NetPlay TV has announced a strategic partnership with America’s Turner Media Innovations that will see its roulette and blackjack programmes broadcast on Britain’s Nuts TV channel. ...

Thursday 12th June 2008

Betsson Threatened With Fine In Sweden, the Lottery Inspection Authority is threatening Betsson with a fine after the online betting provider opened its first land-based venue in Stockholm almost two weeks ago. Officials...

Thursday 12th June 2008
Betbrokers In Trouble London-based independent brokerage and clearing house Betbrokers has stated that the value of bets it can take has been severely restricted by a lack of available funds despite ‘significant...


Wednesday 11th June 2008

Vancouver Man Wins $666,777 At WSOP Event To some it may be the number of the beast, but to Duncan Bell from Vancouver it signals his largest ever win in the Poker industry, a whopping $666,777 at a WSOP event in Las Vegas. Bell is the...

Wednesday 11th June 2008

Atlantic City Gamblers Hit For $415 Million While everyone knows that the ‘house’ is always the winner at the end of the day, the announcement that gamblers in the casinos of Atlantic City lost $415 million in the month of May...

Wednesday 11th June 2008
Betbrokers Struggling For Capital While they always say that you never see a poor bookmaker, AIM-listed Betbrokers seems set to break the mould as the company seeks to secure more capital to cover client business. The company has...


Wednesday 11th June 2008

World Poker Tour Set To Move TV Channels Again In a move which has surprised both World Poker Tour Enterprises and many observers of the sector it seems as though the World Poker Tour may well be looking for a new TV channel home after the Game...

Wednesday 11th June 2008
F1 Suffers A Set Back With Canadian GP Debacle The sport of F1 has always attracted the cream of the business and show business worlds, not to mention a number of the most beautiful ladies on the planet, but it has suffered a number of set...


Wednesday 11th June 2008

WSOP Delivers Yet Another Professional Poker Player Eric Brooks is a name which many people will be looking out for in the future after he took the WSOP, World Championship Seven Card Stud event to the wire and bagged a $415,856 prize pot and a...

Wednesday 11th June 2008

Sky City Bulks Up On Casino Exposure Leading Australasia casino group Sky City has just announced plans to increase the company’s exposure to the Christchurch casino market. The group is using proceeds raised from the sale of a...

Wednesday 11th June 2008

Event 11 At WSOP - Philip Tom Beats Greg Mueller As the pressure and the media coverage continues to increase at the WSOP event we are seeing more and more amateur players coming to the fore, putting many of the professionals in the shade....

Wednesday 11th June 2008

Casino puts gas cards into poker pots Commerce Casino will try to combat the rising prices of petrol, which may put off punters, by dropping 60 $50 (£25) gas cards into poker pots on random tables throughout July. Monday to Thurs...

Wednesday 11th June 2008

Online gambling in Germany on the rise A recent study by Berlin-based research group Forsa has found that gambling online is becoming increasingly popular in Europe particularly in Germany. The research found that around 2.2 million Ge...

Wednesday 11th June 2008

Plans to open up France's online gambling French budget minister Eric Woerth met with the European Commissioner to discuss plans to open up the country's online gambling market and will be presenting his plan to the Council of Ministers to...